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QUALICO has been held for the first time as an international conference to demonstrate the state of the art in quantitative linguistics. This domain of language study and research is gaining considerable interest due to recent advances in linguistic modelling, particularly in computational linguistics, cognitive science, and developments in mathematics like modern systems theory. Progress in hardware and software technology, together with ease of access to data and numerical processing, has provided new means of empirical data acquisition and the application of mathematical models of adequate complexity. This volume contains the papers read at QUALICO 91, and provides a representative overview of the state of the art in quantitative linguistic research.

Preface

Models and Explanation

Science and Linguistics

p. 3

Menzerath's Law and the Constant Flow of Linguistic Information

p. 11

Text as a Construct of Aggregations

p. 33

Synergetic Linguistics

p. 41

A Model of the Word Life Cycle

p. 53

Process Dynamics and Semiotics

A Self-Organizing Lexical System in Hypertext

p. 67

Repairs in a Connectionist Language-Production Model

p. 79

A Methodology for Analyzing Terminological and Conceptual Differences in Language Use across Communities

p. 91

Quantification and Measurement

Modelling the Distribution of Word Length: Some Methodological Problems

p. 141

The Measurement of Morphosyntactic Properties: A First Attempt

p. 155

Textual Structures and Processing

An Algorithm for Automatic Grammatical Classes Definition

p. 173

Methodological Aspects of the Categorization of a Middle French Corpus with a Computer-Assisted Text Analysis Software (SATO)